December 10 2011 Coin Collecting Newsletter

Here's the latest article from the Coin Collecting site at BellaOnline.com.

The Shield Nickel
America’s first nickel was first coined in 1866. The Shield nickel was created to replace five-cent Fractional Currency notes that were issued during the Civil War. Hardly anyone expected the nickel to become as important as it has over time. The Philadelphia Mint struck the first Shield nickels in